Every Frame Perfect(tonsky.me)
792 points by ravenical | 260 comments
Blog post by Nikita Prokopov (tonsky) arguing that UIs should follow Wayland's "every frame is perfect" goal, avoiding glitchy intermediate states.
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22 stories on the front page, newest first. Scroll down to watch the site change over time.
It's hard to justify Tahoe icons(tonsky.me)
2231 points by lylejantzi3rd | 873 comments
Nikita Tonsky's blog post critiquing the menu icons added throughout macOS Tahoe and arguing they are hard to justify from a UI design perspective.
Needy Programs(tonsky.me)
51 points by robenkleene | 4 comments
Getting syntax highlighting wrong(tonsky.me)
136 points by robenkleene | 80 comments
We shouldn't have needed lockfiles(tonsky.me)
100 points by tobr | 237 comments
Gaslight-driven development(tonsky.me)
115 points by theodorejb | 76 comments
Local First, Forever(tonsky.me)
538 points by WhyNotHugo | 227 comments
Nikita Prokopov (tonsky) blog post on building local-first apps with CRDTs synced via ordinary file-sync services like Dropbox.
JavaScript Bloat in 2024(tonsky.me)
255 points by cdme | 137 comments
In loving memory of square checkbox(tonsky.me)
1732 points by kevingadd | 461 comments
Nikita Prokopov's (tonsky) blog post lamenting the loss of the traditional square checkbox design in modern user interfaces.
Ideas for DataScript 2 (2022)(tonsky.me)
16 points by tosh | 1 comments
Software disenchantment(tonsky.me)
422 points by InsiderTesla | 286 comments
Nikita Prokopov's blog essay lamenting slow, bloated, inefficient modern software and the industry's tolerance of poor quality.
What every software developer must know about Unicode in 2023(tonsky.me)
851 points by mrzool | 498 comments
Nikita Prokopov's (tonsky) blog post explaining the essentials of Unicode that software developers should know in 2023, updating Joel Spolsky's classic essay.
Managing State with Signals(tonsky.me)
193 points by geospeck | 103 comments
